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ladies’ flower gardener. 
lovely; and the different varieties give a gay and rich appearance 
to the flower garden during the three summer months. 
The Clarkias are very pretty annuals, with a hundred other 
varieties lately introduced, and which are all specified in Mrs. 
Loudon’s new work upon annuals. My plan is, to give a general 
idea of their treatment only, under the classification of hardy 
annuals, or those annuals which may be nurtured without a hot¬ 
bed. 
Keep your annuals from looking wild and disorderly in a 
garden by allotting the smaller kinds their separate patches of 
ground; and trim the larger annuals from branching among other 
flowers. For instance, cut away the lower branches of the China- 
aster, the African marigold, &c., and train the plant erect and 
neatly to a slight rod or stick; cut away the flowers as they 
droop, reserving one or two of the finest blooms only for seed : 
and let each plant look clean and neat in its own order. By 
cutting away flowers as they droop, the plant retains vigor 
enough to continue throwing out fresh flowers for a long peiiod. 
SECOND, OR LESS TENDER CLASS OF ANNUALS. 
African Marigold , the orange 
Yellow 
Straw-colored 
Double of each 
Double-quilled 
French Marigold , the striped 
The yellow 
Sweet-scented 
China-aster , the double 
Double purple 
Double white 
Double-striped 
Marvel of Peru , the red striped 
Yellow-striped 
Long-tubed 
Chrysanthemum , the double white 
Double yellow 
Double-quilled 
Swse/ Sultan, the yellow 
White 
Red 
Indian Pink , double 
Single 
Large imperial 
Alkekengi 
Palma Christi , the common 
Tall red-stalked 
Smaller green-leaved 
Smallest 
Tobacco , long-leaved Virginia 
Broad-leaved 
Branching perennial 
Love Apple , with red fruit 
With yellow fruit 
Gourds , the round smooth orange 
Rock, or warted 
Pear-shaped yellow 
Pear-shaped striped 
